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Distant Memories

The year was 1960. I had graduated from Roberts Technical & Trade school in NYC as a budding Auto Mechanic 2 years earlier, and since that time I had...
48750Oct 2021Oct 2021Apr 27

It's great when you have a Plan B

The other day we got about a 3" (7-8 CM) snowfall. I turned on the TV and got an error message saying something like "searching for satellite". Afte...
48220Jan 2019Jan 2019Apr 25

Three Little Punks

When I was 16, me and Teddy Weinberg 14 and Freddy Thunburg 15 decided to go on a camping trip on our bikes (bicycles not motorcycles). We all lived...
47740Dec 2022Jan 2023Apr 27

Heart breaking photos from Lake Charles after hurricane Laura

The pics are kinda big so have patience.
46450Sep 2020Sep 2020Apr 19

Once I was a bootleg

Once I was a bootleg and I thought i'd quit didn't have a nickle and I didn't give a shit went to the man to get my roll thought I'd go to town...
45330Aug 2021Aug 2021Apr 26

It seemed like such a great idea

One night when I was about 8 years old, I had a stuffy nose. I was in bed and my nose was so clogged I had to breathe through my mouth. Suddenly I f...
45321Jan 2022Jan 2022Apr 27

Hey kids, guess what time it is?

No, it's not Howdy Doody time. It's Mosquito time. Time to break out the Mosquito re...
45020May 2019May 2019Apr 25

A tale of two shirts

About a year ago I did a favor for a friend by feeding her chickens while she went out of state to a sales event. She works at a saddlery. She often...
44140Sep 2019Sep 2019Apr 22

I'm lucky to be alive

I grew up in NYC, a neighborhood known as Yorkville (upper East side of Manhattan) 85th st to be exact. On the corner of 3rd Ave there was a fairly n...
42140Sep 2020Oct 2020Apr 27

When I'm bored

Sometimes I like to see what people are looking for on Craigslist. Tonight I looked at the "wanted" section for NYC. It's always interesting what pe...
41620Oct 2020Nov 202020 hrs ago

Life before the Internet

This is for young people who weren't around when there was no such thing as online anything. The personal computer wasn't even invented yet. Oh, the...
41360May 2020May 20201 hrs ago

Life's Rewards Are Paid in Advance

From the time you're born, through childhood, when you spent all day playing, eating, sleeping, being cuddled, fussed over, treated like you're so spe...
41222Jun 2022Jun 2022Apr 26

How to lose your job

How NOT to make a good impression on your bosses boss. One day years ago, 1973 to be exact, my company "Koni America" went to Watkins Glen as was our...
39421Dec 2022Dec 2022Apr 25

The Aquatones

Your time machine is fueled up and ready to transport you back to 1959. You may not have even been born yet. Enjoy your visit. h...
36810Sep 2021Sep 2021Apr 27

Mosquitoes

Well, it's that time of the year again in the Northern Hemisphere. What is your preferred method of control, eradication, sting avoidance etc? I hav...
36530Jul 2021Jul 2021Apr 27

Music to dance to

This is a different version of a song which was a very big hit back in the mid 50's. Anybody remember the original?
36320Aug 2019Aug 2019Apr 25

Money saving tips

Flushing the toilet: People in desert regions must be appalled that in the west we use drinking water to flush a toilet. Dirty dish water and bath w...
35220Nov 2021Nov 2021Apr 26

Wanna ride with me in my time machine?

This is a letter I sent to my oldest son about his birth. Tom, It was springtime in 1961 and I was working as a foreign car mechanic at Rootes Motor...
32831Aug 2023Aug 202319 hrs ago

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